The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12

MANY Of them are worthy of particular de-
scriptiOn. As an exemphication Of the
evolution of weapon-nahng, they are very
interesting There are carved cannon from
the iunks Of Chinese pirates, and brass
pieces on wheels which were once used in
sober earnest to hurt men with, but would be
useless nowadays, save to the small but in
trepid patriot of America on July (. In
this room are old money Golfers, each of
which, in the rugged and antique thickness,
locks up a very Interesting history Of the
people Of the centuries that are dead The
guns are a fascination. They are left only
because the swords make claim which can
not be gainsaid.
, Upstairs in room where Charles III. and
his Queen looks out from coroneted frames
that surround antique court canvasses,
where the gold eagles gllsten that topped
the standards Of France in many a bloody
fray, is the sword OF an executioner of the
Inquisition. It is a grim and ugly blade,
rough on the faces but keen at the edges II
is black, heavy, and feet in height. How
many spinal vertebre il has parted only its
welders could have told, il they dared
10 count, but IL bears It's own evidences that
two hands upheld IL over many bloody
block. Across from IL, clasped in the curling
steel fingers is a suit of armor, Is a long,
delicate Toledo blade, shining, slender and
perfectly elastic, that is the envy of every
From these two extremes the list runs
through Turkish yataghans, Circassion cim-
eters, Malay creeses, ,.'rks, and stilettos
that once formed so important "A part in
Eastern diplomacy and all the blades that
TO the Orient are known Many of them
have solid gold sheaths and gold handles,
profusely iulaid with uncut diamonds r1i-
bies. sapphires and precious stones Of lesser
degree. lntrinsically they must represent a
notable money value, as many Of the jewels
are large. How such n number of them
could have been gathered in one mans hand
is n constantly arising question, which is
answered only by the number Of years their
owner has spent in collecting and the money
he has chosen 10 invest.
Outside OF these classes of weapons are a
variety Of miscellaneous objects kindred in
their uses. There are helmets Of many pat
terms from all European countries from a
solid silver copy Of that of Henry w., now
in Paris, down 10 Il thin, classic, symmetric-
al head peice of coTroded copper, that went
10 war on the head of some Greek soldier "A
thousand years before the Wise Men saw
the star in the East. There are bows and
arrows and quivers from many Aboriginal
tribes. There are jade hatchetS from canni-
bal festivals In New Caledonia, and the
mounted human thighbone5 nnd the strings
of human teeth nrtistically wound around
their shafts show the particular use 10 which
the jade hatchets were put.
There Is another side TO the collection,
however, and its beauty and art value afford
something of relief from the griinness Of
steel. The great-great-grandmo OF all
crazy quilts, that of Oslnan l., with his
portrait and those of a particularly ugly
Grand Nizier and Grand Marshal woven in
10 t., adorns one of the beds In the front
sleeping room upstairs, and shows what an
Oriental monarch slept under in the eighth
ceItury. It's value doubtless lay in the fact